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If consistency is the sign of a small mind, then Boris Johnson must have a brain the size of a planet. For he has slid from position to position on the EU like Bambi on ice.
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https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2019/08/21/boris-can-win-only-going-after-brexit-party-voters
(We can but hope.)
https://twitter.com/leomiklasz/status/1164238923138310146?s=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a2K0TP1lxM
were actually interleaved and very cramped, even for the day.
That said, I believe the loading gauge on some lines is a bit more generous and a true bi-level might be possible with a relatively small amount of rebuilding, IIRC the south-west lines out of Waterloo are a candidate.
PS Never mind double-decker carriages, the South West lines out of Waterloo would be best improved by dualling the track between Salisbury and Exeter!
At the moment, Cannock has a half hourly service. A service every 15 minutes to Crewe one way and London or Birmingham the other would be extremely profitable. Why does it not happen? Because there are too many trains in Birmingham New Street, Stafford and Crewe, so there's no room for them.
Move a large chunk of the non-stop expresses that thunder through Rugeley Trent Valley without stopping every four minutes onto a new line and bingo! More trains in Cannock, and Stafford, and Tamworth, and Tewkesbury, and Bolton. Plus more pathways for freight, so more lorries of the road, and fewer traffic jams on the M6.
Where double deckers might make a capacity difference if they were feasible is the London commuter lines. But that's a different problem and nothing to do with HS2.
As for the Turkey thing, how is Bojo’s duplicity any different from Cameron on this subject? - recall he spent years campaigning for Turkish accession to the EU, telling the Turks it was going to happen soon. Then he decided, during the referendum, that Turkish membership was not gonna happen in decades, if ever, because the French would veto it.
One of the positive reasons for Brexit is that it will allow less room for our politicians to tell so many egregious lies. They won’t be able to hide behind “Brussels”.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1164228810310426624?s=20
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1164228805562552326?s=20
Boris has become steadily more Eurosceptic over the last 20 years. Just like most of us. That shift in position itself can't be condemned, especially if the nature and effect of the country's membership has itself changed.
Praising Mansion House and resigning over Chequers are not incompatible either (though praising Chequers and then resigning is quite certainly the mark of a total faff-arse).
And finally, looking to reopen the WA is consistent with resigning over Chequers and isn't inconsistent with TM saying it wouldn't look to reopen (as he wasn't at that stage a pa rt of the TM Govt)
He's inconsistent, but he's neither as inconsistent nor as consistently inconsistent as the header makes out.
Funny how the backstop couldn't be replaced, there were no alternatives, it was absolutely fundamentally required . . . only to then say lets spend the next 30 days discussing its replacement.
Serious grown up politics entering the discussion. Well done Boris!
And interesting that it is Merkel - not Tusk or Varadkar - that was the one to go to, in order to make progress. The sheriff is calling the shots now, BMW no doubt have been in touch
There is something very strange going on here.
I’m keen to know because no one who actually practices immigration law has a clue.
It compares with the Eddie Mair interview , some years back.
Just out of interest those remainers who have been swooning over the approaching end of days, will you accept it if we leave with a revised deal?
I imagine this is one of the few things Trump does which is also widely popular with American voters.
The government and the European Union should remain tough on the Brexit treaty with British Prime Minister Johnson.
BMW and the rest of the lot are saying something different than you seem to believe.
The chancellor has said there are 30 days left to discuss the UK's proposals, if there were any to come forward, nothing has changed.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2019/08/20/lettersthis-year-eu-recognised-technology-makes-irish-backstop/
she'll rue the day ....
Do you really believe that him saying it makes these things come true?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49427674
He thinks that three SCon seats would be some kind of victory.
Well, it’s certainly 50% more than two SCon seats.
I also note that the SNP are saying they won’t honour their share of the UK’s debt, if they win an indy vote. That’s going to play well in England. The same England whose currency and central bank you propose to share, for the while, and who you desperately need a free trade deal with.
The echoes of the loopier end of the Leaver argument are loud indeed
it’s actually quite impressive that they’ve gotten away with this, without being destroyed as a credible political movement.
try this one
boris.johnson.mp@parliament.uk
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7269790.stm
OK, time for Greek wine. Kalispera
nobody will bother you
She did not state that an alternative could indeed be found within 30 days, she merely said there were 30 days left to attempt to deliver what could not be achieved over the last couple of years.
There's a difference.
Indeed it is fundamental to the backstop that alternative arrangements exist, though realistically these consist of permenant CU and SM alignment.
If the germans cant agree amongst themselves then why shouldnt we ask the same questions
And, of course, there's no obligation to identify oneselves with detail, "Mr. Byronic" (or "Mr. Tremayne?")
Pre CU/Single Market I spent hours on several occasions arguing at customs over a carnet and that was just me in a car. I dread what is going to happen when that all come back. God knows what happens when trailers full of a rock group stuff or F1 trailers comes back. I was arguing over trivia. Some of the questions were impossible to answer. I did sus out at one point that they didn't actually necessarily want the correct answer, just an answer. Weight of stuff was a good one. Shrug of shoulders was no good, but a completely made up number did the trick.
The period of European peace is quite remarkable over the last quarter century, despite a few still ongoing issues in the former USSR.
youre moving the Stones, you could have that sanctimonious prick Bono droning on in the back about morality in between calls to his tax accountant. :-)
Next Scottish Parliament GE - most seats
SNP 1/5 (from 1/4)
Con 7/1 (no change)
Lab 8/1 (from 7/1)
Lib Dems 50/1 (no change)
Grn 200/1 (no change)
(shadsy)
Also, ich bin nicht er.